Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-10-15
CUSTOMS OF THE JAPANESE.


Poiitcness, Good Nature and Honesty.
In his lecture Professor Edward s.
Morse began by correcting the very COM
mon but erroneous idea that the Chinese
and Japanese resemble each other. They
are affiliated in blood, but he could almost
say that the Americans resemble the
Chinese more than do their insular
neighbors. The rude, hurrying crowds
upon the Chinese streets, the busting
mercantile spirit, the customs of the
table, the architecture almost every
popularity in detail, when held up and
compared with those of the japanese,
show that the Chinese resemble Ameri-
cans more closely than they do their,
Mongol neighbors. .ss...s
The Japanese do not, as their. tradi-,
tons say, come from the sun, but are tho.
result of an admixture of many .bloodsl
from many sources. The Chinese would,
as one has said. ''hold dear at platter
of rice q single fact as to the causes of
things" The Japanese seek constantly
for causation, and their strength comes
from the constant search for reasons,
while the Chinese are content to accept
results without question. The Japanese,
in politeness, gentleness, kindliness, and
all that makes life sweet and graceful,
are as far in advance of us as we are of
the Terra del Fuegeans. The Japanese
have really two different languages.
They speak polysyllabic and write
monosylabic language. As if we were
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meant when a stone i thrown of h Tn
q busy village street in the inland sea. the
speaker has walked with the wild deer
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rinds Of the watermelon which he WAC
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